The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-12-24


 will see," ht wrote, "that the terms oi
 this disavOwal have no reference tC occasional or even frequent contribu- tions-which MT. Scott valves his right to inquire into. They are sim- ply intended to draw the line of dis tinction between the dealer in scandal and the man of honor" A gentle mans privilege" was not conceded to Lockhart; but, owing to some words oi his second, 6 Mir. Christie, Scott challenged him. They met at Chalk Farm, and the editor of the London was mortally wounded. He lived for about ten days, and in the issue of the magazine for April it was announced that he left widow and two child ren unprovided for. Such were the effects of that once- powerful code of honor which Steele had treated with unsparing ridicle in the Tdtler more than century before. There is one word, he says, he cannot understand, and that is-"satisfaction." "An hon. est country gentleman had the mis- fortune to fall in company with two or three modern men of honor, where he happened to be very ill., treated !; and one of the company being con- scious of his offence sends a note to him in the morning, and tells hlm he is ready to give him satisfaction. This is fine doing,' says the plain fel- low Hast night he sent me away cur sedly out of humor, and this morning he fancies it would be satisfaction to be run through the body"
 Another and still more painful tragedy is associated with the memo ries of the London Magazine. One of it's contributors, a vain man, and a clever but flashy writer, was Thomas Wainwright, who wrote under the signature of "Janus Weathercock." The sole thing, perhaps, to be said in his favor is that Lamb had sneaking kindness for him but Lamb did not live to learn that this showy maga- zine contributor and jolly boon com- panion would prove criminal of the deepest dye. It is long story, and cannot be told here in detail; the leading features of it must suffice.
 He induced half-sister of his wife to effect insurances on her life for eighteen thousand pounds, and for the term of two or three years. Attempts were made, but unnecessarily, to in- crease this insurance, and the young lady, strange to say, did not scruple to deceive the officials, by trumping up story, at Wainwright's sugges- tion, for which there was not the slightest foundation. Her conduct in the matter is inexplicable; not so Wainwright's. Having made her will, and also assigned policy to her brother-in- law, the girl, hitherto in perfect health, was seized with the most violent pain, and died while MT. and Mrs. Wainwright were taking walk. Death was attributed to natural causes; but the suspicious of the insurance officials were reused, IS we'll they might be, and they re- sisted Wainwright's claim. He went to France, but his csse was tried in court, and verdict given against him. He was regarded as fraudulent, but no suspicion was raised of darker crime. While in Boulogne he resided with an officer, who died shortly after lnsuring his life for five thousand pounds. Then we learn that Vain wright was imprisoned in Paris for passing under false name. On being it was discovered that he had 'trychnine in his possession. Alter his release he returned to London, and was arrested for forgery, sentenced to for life, and placed in rons. Before leaving England, the was confined in NewSate, md there Forster relates that he sud 1enly came upon the wretched man while inspecting the prison with Dickens and Macready. "My God, here is Wainwrightv was the sud- len exclamation of the latter. "In .he shabby-genteel creature who had turned quickly round with Q defiant stare at our entrance, looking at once mean and fierce, and quite capable of the cowardly murders he had com- nitted, Macrcady had been terrified to recognize man familiarly known to him in former years, and at whose table he had dined."
 When at Hobart Town he is said to nave twice attempted to poison peo- pie he disliked, and, according to paper in AU the Year Round, 'she seemed to be possessed by an ingrained of disposition which kept 1im constantly on the very c0nfines Of | nurder." He died, suddenly, in 1852, md the final fact associated with his name is that Lord Lytton has drawn lis character in "Lucretia."
 We have but space to add that the London Magdz,ne, less fortunate than it's great rival, BiacksOood, did not live more than nine or ten years. It died in it's youth why, it is difficult to say, | since from first to last it retained signs | ~r xvD,,&h <..p